Et uerbum caro factum est

With language to transmit knowledge to others, knowing a great many things became a real possibility. Without representative language, most knowledge dies with each individual. Language makes possible an advantage in having brain structures large enough to store hundreds of thousands of items because it makes learning from other brains effective and efficient. And in a cultural world, an individual who knows very large amounts of information has an advantage over an individual who does not (D’Andrade 2002)